Peter van Suntum, Ph.D.
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347-***-****, **************@*****.***
PROFILE
Highly experienced language translator and instructor, created databases and
communication systems; holds an English Writing Intensive Certification from John
Jay College for Criminal Justice, ESL certificate from Oxford Seminars and is an
instructor at the Language School at the United Nations with children and NYIT.
Experienced in distance learning, student-centered, and culture-based learning with
an emphasis on immersion and technology in the classroom; researched and
analyzed educational reports.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison: German Studies, (GPA 4.0) 1999-2002
Project Assistant: European Studies Alliance
Oxford Seminars TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification 2012
M.A. University of Oregon-Eugene: Literature 1994-1996
B.A. University of Essen, Germany: German, Philosophy double majors 1990-1994
ABA – Approved Paralegal Certificate, New York University 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor: NYIT Language Dept.: ESL 2013 Present
Instructor: Jay College of Criminal Justice: Language Dept.: German 2013
Present
Instructor: Columbia University, Fluency Tutor: German 2013 Present
Instructor: Language School New York at the United Nations UNIS 2012 2013
Instructor: La Guardia Language Lab: ESL 2012 2013
H. W. Wilson Company: Publishing 2003 2011
Instructor: Private ESL and German for professionals, students 1992 Present
Peter van Suntum, PhD 2
Editor and translator 1992 Present
BOOK TRANSLATIONS
Sorkin, David. Moses Mendelssohn and the Theological Enlightenment.
Wien: Werner Eichbauer Verlag, 1999. Print.
Jesser, Jody Duncan, Pourroy, Janine, Cane, Michael, Nolan, Christopher. The Art and
Making of The Dark Knight Trilogy. New York: Abrams Books, 2012. Print
LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL SKILLS
English, French, Italian, native German speaker.
REFERENCES
David Sorkin
Professor of Modern Jewish History
CUNY Graduate Center
Phone: (212) 817- 7235
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Peggy Quisenberry
Columbia University, Department of Germanic Languages
Phone: 212-***-****
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Donald Martin Cannon
Editor Reader's Guide
Phone: 347-***-****
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